panic-stricken
Example Sentences
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Investors waking up to volatile and panic-stricken markets on Monday may be surprised to discover that gold is now in negative territory for the year after a painful bout of profit-taking and deleveraging.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 23, 2026
“Are you panic-stricken? Are your eyes wide? Do you look furtive?” he said.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 11, 2025
Prosecutors argued that this left his poorly trained, panic-stricken crew effectively useless amid the fire, which possibly originated in a trash can some time after 2:35 a.m.
From Los Angeles Times • May 2, 2024
I can remember more than once racing around, panic-stricken, picking up pages before a gust of wind blew them away.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 3, 2023
It pained Mariam—it pained her considerably—to picture Rasheed panic-stricken and helpless, pacing the banks of the lake and pleading with it to spit his son back onto dry land.
From "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini
